Halloween 2009

Halloween 2009! We had a piggy at our house. She was a cute little pig too. Her oinks and her trick or treats won her lots of candy. We had a lot of activities surrounding Halloween. We carved pumpkins, went to the Chanhassen Halloween Party, attended the parade at Nora's school & went trick or treating! Girlfriend wore her costume 3 times!
All revved up and ready to go out trick or treating!

Keeping her fingers warm.

Trying to capture some cute pre trick or treat photos.

Pete carved Nora a pig pumpkin in honor of her costume. He did a great job in my opinion

Bumpa & Piggy

Lissie's pumpkin creation

Spider (Noah), Monster (Owen), Dora (Ellie) and Piggy (Nora) already to go out trick or treating

Auntie Lissie and Nora carving pumpkins

Pre Channy party!

This was her first time in her costume. She was so excited to wear it. The day we received it in the mail, she slept with the pig hood at nap time. AWWW, she is so sweet.

As you can tell, the weather was nicer the night of the party than on Halloween hence the tights vs. sweats

The party and parade at school

Some of the kiddos in her room

Get your dance on!

Nora, Ellie, Anna and I took a "Fairy Princess Mommy and Me" dance class. The class was two 30 minute classes. Ellie seemed to enjoy the class a little more than Nora. Nora is not a ballerina...My girl likes to shake her booty! Nora was so excited to go to the class however once we got there she could have cared less about the whole thing. She was in her own little world. Typically Nora takes direction from people fairly well. This teacher at the dance place could not capture her attention so.... I had the kid who was clowning around the whole time.

First day... Before the class started.

The teacher told us that she had a big blow up princess house that all the girls could play in after the last class. I about peed my pants when I saw the princess house she blew up......

"Want to sit in my lap, Ellie?"

Nora kept asking Ellie if she wanted to sit in her lap. Ellie said "no", so Nora took it upon herself to sit in Ellie's lap....

Swimming Lessons

Nora is a fishy. She started swimming lessons in mid September and truly enjoys them. Pete gets the honor of going in the pool with her. They have so much fun together. I can't say that she can swim on her own but her comfort level in the water is great. I think her favorite part of the class is singing songs and doing the motions in the water. Putting her head under water is not her favorite past time but she is getting use to it. I was able to take her in the pool last night as Pete broke 2 of his toes working last week. I was a bit apprehensive at first to take her but we had a nice time! I am sure she will be ready to take another round of lessons early in 2010.
On our way to lessons the first day! She was so excited.

The look on her face says it all....

Chicken

For some reason these darn pictures are out of order again! Oh well! Nora, Ellie, Anna and I went shopping for our fall displays last month. Here are a few cute pictures of the girls. There was a chicken that both of them loved seeing at first, then they got a little scared and as you will see in the first picture, they then became a little grossed out because the chicken smelled at it was missing a big chunk of feathers out of one of its sides.... Can you say drama???

DRAMA! So cute.

Chicken....

Nora's school had a Homecoming Dance on Friday, September 18th. The kids and the parents had so much fun. Watching the children interact with one another was hilarious. I would love to be a fly on the wall at school. They all have such special relationships with one another.

Not only was there music and snacks, we had a disco ball and a fogger! It was hilarious. There was also a raffle for door prizes which most kids won something. It was a fun night!

Tanner, Nora and Rowan. Nora loves the boys!

Getting warmed up for what Nora called her "Dance Party."

Nora loves to do the "crab" as she calls it.

Put your skirt down, Nora!

The owners, Fred and Valaire were crowned King and Queen.

"The Crab" again...

Nora and her friend, Hope.

No kissing! What the heck, Nora?

Hope, Nora, and Rowan.

The music stopped and the girls are resting.